CS Forester - The African Queen
To boost the First World War effort, Rose convinces cowardly Charlie to lend his rickety steam-powered boat. With Samantha Bond.
1915: Rose Sayer鈥檚 work as a missionary comes to an abrupt end when the village she and her brother, Reverend Samuel Sayer, live in is invaded by the German army.
Samuel dies of fever and Rose blames the ungodly Germans for having ground him down and frightened off the entire village.
Patriotically, but naively, Rose conceives of blowing up a German warship to help the war effort. Cowardly Cockney Charlie Allnut reluctantly agrees to use his rickety steam-powered boat, The African Queen for her cause.
If they manage to survive enemy attacks, rapids, malaria and mechanical mishaps - will they be able to survive each other?
CS Forester鈥檚 classic novel, first published in 1935.
Starring Samantha Bond and Toby Jones.
Paul Mendelson鈥檚 dramatisation follows the plot of the original novel 鈥� not the altered version of the Hollywood film.
Rose .... Samantha Bond
Charlie .... Toby Jones
Samuel Sayer .... Stephen Critchlow
German Sailor .... Mark Edel-Hunt
German Sea Captain .... David Acton
Music composed and played by Gary C Newman.
Director: David Ian Neville
First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in February 2015.
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Rose | Samantha Bond |
| Charlie | Toby Jones |
| Samuel Sayer | Stephen Critchlow |
| German Sailor | Mark Edel-Hunt |
| German Sea Captain | David Acton |
| Director | David Neville |
| Producer | David Neville |
| Author | CS Forester |
| Adaptor | Paul Mendelson |
Broadcasts
Sat 21 Feb 2015 14:30麻豆社 Radio 4- Sat 12 Nov 2016 14:30麻豆社 Radio 4
- Sun 24 Mar 2019 16:00麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
- Mon 25 Mar 2019 04:00麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
- Tue 27 Aug 2024 15:00麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
- Tue 27 Aug 2024 21:00麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
- Wed 28 Aug 2024 05:00麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
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